Are you asking the question “What day of the week was I born?” Continue reading to find out what day of the week you were born.
Day Of The Week: December 21
December 21, 2025 is the 355th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 10 days remaining until the end of 2025. The day of the week is Sunday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Sagittarius is your zodiac sign. Turquoise is your modern birthstone. Onyx is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Day In History: December 21
This is a frequent day for the winter solstice to occur in the northern hemisphere and summer solstice to occur in the southern hemisphere.
Historical Events: December 21
- 1140 –Conrad III of Germany besieged Weinsberg.
- 1598 –Battle of Curalaba: The revolting Mapuche, led by cacique Pelentaru, inflict a major defeat on Spanish troops in southern Chile.
- 1832 –Egyptian–Ottoman War: Egyptian forces decisively defeat Ottoman troops at the Battle of Konya.
- 1879 –World première of Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House at the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen.
- 1941 –World War II: A formal treaty of alliance between Thailand and Japan is signed in the presence of the Emerald Buddha in Wat Phra Kaew.
- 1962 –Rondane National Park is established as Norway’s first national park.
- 1967 –Louis Washkansky, the first man to undergo a heart transplant, dies in Cape Town, South Africa, after living for 18 days after the transplant.
- 1973 –The Geneva Conference on the Arab-Israeli conflict opens.
- 1979 –Lancaster House Agreement: An independence agreement for Rhodesia is signed in London by Lord Carrington, Sir Ian Gilmour, Robert Mugabe, Joshua Nkomo, Bishop Abel Muzorewa and S.C. Mundawarara.
- 2004 –Iraq War: A suicide bomber killed 22 at the forward operating base next to the main U.S. military airfield at Mosul, the single deadliest suicide attack on American soldiers.
Who were born on December 21?
- 1118 –Thomas Becket, Lord Chancellor of England and Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1170)
- 1401 –Tommaso Masaccio, Italian painter (d. 1428)
- 1815 –Thomas Couture French painter and teacher (d. 1879)
- 1872 –Albert Payson Terhune, American author (d. 1942)
- 1913 –Arnold Friberg, American illustrator (d. 2010)
- 1920 –Alicia Alonso, Cuban ballerina
- 1951 –Nick Gilder, English musician (Sweeney Todd)
- 1967 –Terry Mills, American basketball player
- 1973 –Irakli Alasania, Georgian politician and diplomat
- 1989 –Tamannaah, Indian actress
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